For this year’s Homecoming Weekend, held Oct. 17–20, the University of Lynchburg reimagined Hornet to Hornet, or H2H, transforming it into a daylong professional conference. The free event began at noon on Friday, Oct. 18, with lunch and a keynote address by Carter Elliott IV ’19. Elliott, who majored in history and political science at Lynchburg, said prior to the event that “coming home” to Lynchburg “is something I’m always eager to do.”
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Homecoming and Family Weekend
Homecoming at the University of Lynchburg will take place during our beloved Family Weekend!
Garren Plaza dedicated at Homecoming and Parents and Family Weekend 2023
During Homecoming and Parents and Family Weekend on Saturday, Oct. 21, the University of Lynchburg dedicated the Dr. Kenneth R. Garren ’07 HAA, ’20 DEd Plaza at Westover Hall.
Dillard Fine Arts Center main stage renamed for beloved Lynchburg theatre professor
For those who knew him, there was nothing Doc Hailey couldn’t do. “My mom used to say he was not smart enough to know that there was anything he couldn’t do,” Lavinia Garbee ’90 MEd said of her father, the University of Lynchburg’s first theatre professor, Dr. Robert Carter “Doc” Hailey Sr.
Helen Mundy Witt legacy inspires MEd scholarship, Alumni House dedication
When Dr. Helen Mundy Witt ’67, ’78 MEd, ’13 DEd died in January at the age of 88, everyone at Lynchburg knew that her legacy would live on. More than the first Black graduate of what was then Lynchburg College, she was also an educator, a civil rights advocate, a wife, mother, friend, author, and an accomplished tennis player.
‘Lunch Lady’ blankets to be auctioned at Homecoming for Lynchburg Cares
Lori Elholm, a dining services employee known by many on campus as the “Lunch Lady,” has made four blankets that will be auctioned during the University of Lynchburg’s upcoming Homecoming weekend.
